338 Annual Beport for 1888 of the Consulting Entomologist. 
account of wire, and other foreign matters, found present, 
special arrangements were made to prevent damage to stones in 
the mills. 
Further, the remark was made : — 
Strong representations are made (especially to the Bombay Chamber of 
Commerce) with a view of checliing large dirt admixtures, with only partial 
effect so far, A discrimination in price has some effect. 
Another communication states : — • 
Russia ships much cleaner than formerly, but South Russia still con- 
tinues to send many cargoes, of barley especially, with large percentage of 
admixture of dust, dirt, and seeds. 
Indian shipments are now considerably better cleaned and of better 
quality than used to be the case some years since ; while Egypt seems to 
prefer shipping as much soil and dirt witli their grain as they think it pro- 
bable importers in this country will submit to, although they frequently 
contract for the bulk not to contain more than 7 percent, of dirt, and if more 
is found they have to pay allowance in accordance with the analysis and 
arbitration award. 
A note is also given by this correspondent of the increase of 
weevil jiresence in dirty cargoes from the grain becoming warm, 
and I ^particularly wish to draw attention to this point, as it is a 
well-known and established fact that warmth is a great promoter 
of increase of the common granary weevil, and that the kind 
called the " rice weevil," also very destructive, will not increase 
without good warmth. 
Further, this correspondent states that both India and Egypt 
could ship their grain in a good, clean state if they liked to be 
at the expense of using the machines they possess for the pur- 
pose ; that shipments from these countries realise compara- 
tively low prices, owing to their dirty state; and that "at all 
principal ports in the United Kingdom corn trade associations 
are established or being established for protecting the interests 
of importers and millers." 
Another letter mentions that Russian wheat is very dirty and 
ill-cleaned at home, as also is the Indian wheat and the River Plate 
wheat. The latter is better wheat than the Russian, but comes 
in quite as dirty, and as full of straws in short pieces and of 
chaff. " We find the Indian wheat has most heavy rubbish in 
it." " Little flics often come out of the grains." Also this 
correspondent (the head of a mill firm) mentions, " Millers 
would rather have clean cargoes." 
From re])lies to my own inquiries sent to the United States 
of America, I find there is excellent apparatus there also, but 
the grain is frequently sent on uncleaned. 
4- communication from two of the large corn mills near Hull 
